It’s been about two months since my last blog post, so I wanted to come back and give a little update about everything world race / going on in my life and how God has been helping me through it all. I am currently at $6,250 for my fund which is INCREDIBLE! The amount of love and support I’ve gotten from family and friends is overwhelming and I am so beyond grateful and blessed. We’re down to only 4 months until launch, 144 to be completely exact. Which is also minorly overwhelming and crazy. Only 144 days left to be with my friends and family, in the comfort of my every day life, before I embark on the craziest experience of my life. And although the nerves and anxiety that come with it are here full force, I am so stoked for a change. A HUGE change, but a change nonetheless.
Anyways, now into an update in the life of Jackson Foster. 3 weeks ago today, an industrial sized garage door fell on my head, giving me a concussion. First ever concussion. And let me tell you, it SUCKS. Although It’s been really tough missing 3 weeks of school, work, and missing 3 concerts, cancelling our Disneyland trip, and the likelihood of not being able to go to my first and last prom. The Lord has calmed my heart, and given me all this time to just think and decompress. While I could sit here being angry and sad and mad at the world and at what happened, I am simply happy to be okay, happy that I can still be alive. Happy that it wasn’t worse, that I am slowly but surely recovering. Happy that I’ve gotten to spend 3 weeks at home with my parents, occasionally see my friends. So while it sucks in this moment in time, will it all matter later on? Will it matter in 144 days when I’m saying goodbye to the life I’ve been living for 17 years. Probably not. And what more can I be grateful for, than that?
